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is not the case with the war between hadrat Alî and hadrat
Mu’âwiya ‘radiy-Allâhu ta’âlâ anhumâ’. It was not fought for
worldly advantages. It was done for the purpose of executing
Allah’s command. It is stated in a hadîth-i-sherîf, which exists in
Muslim, “Fitnas will arise among my As-hâb. Allâhu ta’âlâ will
forgive them for the sake of the Sohba they have had with me.
However, people who come later will criticize my Sahâbîs
involved in these fitnas and will go to Hell (because of their
criticisms).” This hadîth-i-sherîf indicates that all the As-hâb who
fought one another will be pardoned.
17- Hurûfîs, who are bitter enemies of the As-hâb-i-kirâm, say
that all the Ahl as-sunna ‘rahmatullâhi ta’âlâ alaihim ajma’în’ are
accursed. The hundred and tenth âyat of ’Imrân sûra purports,
“You are the best of Ummats.” And these people (Hurûfîs) call
this Ummat (Muslims) ‘accursed’. They consider it a great
worship to curse the greater ones of the As-hâb-i-kirâm after
every prayer of namâz. It does not even occur to them to curse
such people as Abû Jahl, Abû Leheb, Pharaoah and Nimrod, who
are enemies of Allâhu ta’âlâ and Prophets. They say that âyat-ikerîmas
praising the three Khalîfas and the As-hâb-i-kirâm are
(among those âyats called) Muteshâbihât and therefore they
cannot be understood.
18- They look on the Ahl as-sunna as enemies of the Ahl-i-
Bayt. On the contrary, books written by scholars of Ahl as-sunna
teem with writings advising to love the Ahl-i-Bayt and
commending the great virtues they have. Bahâ-ud-dîn Âmilî, a
Sunnite scholar, states in his book Keshkul that a person who
denies the Ahl-i-Bayt is not a Believer. All the tarîqats of Ahl assunna
receive fayz (or faidh) from the Ahl-i-Bayt. Imâms of the
four Madh-habs of Ahl as-sunna are the disciples of the Ahl-i-
Bayt. Ibni Mutahhir Hulli, a Shiite scholar, acknowledges in his
books Nahj-ul-haqq and Minhaj-ul-kerâma that Abû Hanîfa and
Mâlik bin Enes were taught by Imâm-i-Ja’fer Sâdiq. Imâm-i-
Shâfi’î was a disciple to Imâm-i-Mâlik as well as to Imâm-i-
Muhammad Sheybânî. Imâm-i-a’zam Abû Hanîfa attended the
Sohbas of Imâm-i-Muhammad Bâqir, too, and acquired religious
lore from him. Ibni Mutahhir acknowledges this fact plainly.
Consequently, Imâm-i-a’zam must be a mujtahid capable of ijtihâd
according to the Shiite credo. It is according to them, again, that a
person who denies his testimony must be a disbeliever. As Imâmi-Mûsâ
Kâzim was a prisoner in a dungeon belonging to the
Abbasids, Imâm-i-Abû Yûsuf and Imâm-i-Muhammad Sheybânî
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